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Transcript Highlights:
- amounts, that we're keeping track of them because I know they're going to go into the mix in the budget
- So my one concern Keeping track of them because I know they're going to go into the mix in the budget
- overall discussion, is to make sure that we know what amounts we're talking about when they go into budget
- I understand that the budget is a work in progress, and so as a result, I'm just pleased and happy to
- Senate Bill 1333 is pretty well reflective of the budget request by OWRB.
Bills:
SB1189, SB1295, SB1297, SB1330, SB1333, SB1338, SB1341, SB1344, SB1355, SB1377, SB1378, SB1546, SB1859, SB1946, SB1990, SB1998
Keywords:
school security, funding, public schools, security enhancements, resource officers, domestic violence, fatality review, revolving fund, database, public safety, Oklahoma, census accuracy, Oklahoma Department of Commerce, federal census, grassroots outreach, marketing campaign, SB1330, Pardon and Parole Board, parole board, pardon board
Summary:
The committee met in an appropriations setting and first laid over Senate Bill 1946. It then advanced Senate Bill 1344, creating an insulin access affordability program at the Health Department, on a 19-1 vote. Senate Bill 1295, establishing a Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board revolving fund and database, was amended to delete a section and then passed 21-0. Senate Bill 1355, creating a program for memorials and headstones for eligible National Guard veterans, also passed unanimously.
Members then advanced several other measures, including Senate Bill 1998 to help smaller towns qualify for quality events incentives, Senate Bill 1330 raising Pardon and Parole Board salaries, Senate Bill 1297 creating a decennial census revolving fund to support outreach for the 2030 census, and Senate Bill 1189 extending the school security fund for three more years at $50 million annually. The committee also passed Senate Bill 1338 making the Heroes Literacy Instructional Team permanent, and Senate Bill 1546 increasing scholarship support for teacher preparation students.
Additional bills passed included Senate Bill 1378 creating the Olympics and Oklahoma Revolving Fund, Senate Bill 1859 creating an OSBI cyber crime and fraud unit fund, Senate Bill 1341 creating a Career Counseling Revolving Fund, Senate Bill 1377 directing DHS to provide bags for foster children’s belongings, and Senate Bill 1990 broadening the Incentive Evaluation Commission’s comparative analysis of incentives. Several bills had appropriations stripped by amendment at the chair’s request before passage, and the committee repeatedly discussed fiscal impacts, local matching expectations, transparency, and whether programs should remain state-funded or rely on local or philanthropic support. The meeting ended with adjournment and notice of a meeting the following week.
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Transcript Highlights:
- For example, on line 1, an additional $451,000 is an increase by that amount to the base budget.
- These are all of the recurring sections of the budget up until page 3, and you can see that you actually
- saved money in the general fund on the recurring part of the budget.
- incremental changes from the current version of House Bill 2 in the non-recurring portion of the budget
- This is part of the reconciliation of the budget.
Keywords:
cancer treatment, revenue bonds, Gila Regional Medical Center, Nor-Lea General Hospital, healthcare funding, capital outlay, capital projects, appropriations, reversion, encumbrance, reauthorization, reappropriation, general fund, capital development and reserve fund, tribal infrastructure project fund, Department of Finance and Administration, DFA, state board of finance, severance tax bonds, tax-exempt bonds
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Child Committee Meeting - 2025-04-10
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- They have a base budget of more than nine billion dollars; they have nine hundred and thirty FTEs; they
- have a two hundred and sixty million dollar operations and admin budget, and this committee, I'm going
- They knew they were not going to get an increase in their budget; they were going to be cut.
- Guess what was cut out in people's budgets when they had no money? Photography.
- Operating budget over $100 million.
Keywords:
child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras, HF2929, SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, food assistance, nutrition assistance, public benefits, eligibility determination, income eligibility, federal poverty guidelines, poverty level, county agency, Tribal agency, human services, children and families, benefits administration
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development
Transcript Highlights:
- This is a busy day at the State House, and I know that House budget is probably, hopefully, knock on
- I do have another competing matter with the House budget that I'm supposed to be at, and I may step out
- I appreciate you taking the time, and, you know, I'll see you in the budget in a little bit.
- Once again, I appreciate you taking the time, and, you know, I'll see you in the budget in a little bit
- Separately, I would like you to take that knowledge into your budget conversations, but for now we're
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development held a hearing on House 5188, a late-filed bill to establish a special commission to study access to unemployment insurance in Massachusetts. Representatives Hadley Luddy and Joshua Tarski, the bill’s sponsors, said they filed it after seeing many constituent cases involving delays, unresolved claims, and difficulty navigating the unemployment system, especially for seasonal workers and others facing financial instability. They argued the commission should review claim data, gather stakeholder input, and identify gaps in the process so the system is more efficient, equitable, and transparent.
Greater Boston Legal Services testified in support, describing numerous client cases in which claimants waited months for determinations or were stuck in limbo after the launch of a new online benefits system. Attorneys said DUA’s backlogs and timeliness metrics had worsened, citing large increases in non-monetary, separation, and hearings backlogs, and they urged the committee to consider systemic fixes, including better notice about paid family and medical leave and possibly more funding or staff for DUA. Committee members generally praised the bill and the sponsors’ collaboration, and one suggested the commission’s reporting deadline might need to be extended.
No vote was taken during the hearing. After testimony and brief discussion, the chair closed the hearing and concluded the committee meeting.
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Transcript Highlights:
- I was looking at last year's budget appropriation, and a few things caught my eye.
- was to get yourselves, as constitutional offices, on her pay plan, but find the money within your budget
- And that's what you see in our budget cycle.
- Again, not in my budget. It was in there. So in there. Okay. All right. All right. Thank you.
- Again, not in my budget. It was in there. So in there. Okay. All right. All right. Thank you.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- reappropriations, but it does make me a little nervous anytime we move something out of the operating budget
- And second to that, obviously moving $186 million out of the operating budget to ’17 does significantly
- ,” “...budget to ’17 does significantly decrease, I would say significantly decrease what our operating
- budget looks like, but really we’re just moving $186 million from the operating to ’17.
- again, you know, after last year, you know, I’ve had this conversation, not watching not all the budget
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Joint Memorial 112, which deals with a constitutional amendment issue for a balanced federal budget
- We've got to get our arms around this and get a balanced budget somehow.
- Some of us are old enough to remember the last time we had a balanced budget on a federal level.
- constitutional amendment from Congress that we then, as states, can ratify, proposing a balanced budget
- a constitutional amendment from Congress that we then, as states, can ratify proposing a balanced budget
Summary:
The committee first approved the minutes from March 20 and then reordered the agenda to hear several Senate measures. Senate Bill 1350, on cash rounding when pennies are unavailable, was presented as a voluntary guide for cash transactions only; it would round to the nearest five cents and was supported by the Idaho Retailers Association. After a brief question about change-making and a note of support from Pam Eaton, the committee sent the bill to the floor with a due pass recommendation.
Members then heard Senate Joint Memorial 112, which urges Congress to propose a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced federal budget. Representative Raymond argued the federal deficit is unsustainable and said Idaho’s congressional delegation should lead on the issue; the memorial was advanced on a due pass motion. Senate Bill 1322, concerning voter affidavits for voters without photo ID, would require additional identifying information such as name, address, and either date of birth or driver’s license number before a ballot is issued. The Secretary of State’s office said about 1,200 voters used the affidavit in 2024 and supported the bill, which also received a due pass recommendation.
The committee also advanced Senate Joint Memorial 109, reaffirming Idaho’s sovereignty and the Tenth Amendment in election administration, and House Concurrent Resolution 35, honoring Idaho’s 2026 Olympians, including medalists Breezy Johnson, Jalen Koth, and Hillary Knight. Representative Church read a statement from Sammy Smith’s coach praising her athletic competitiveness. Senate Concurrent Resolution 122, reaffirming Idaho’s relationship with Taiwan and its economic ties, was likewise sent to the floor with a due pass recommendation.
In the final item, the committee considered temporary and pending rules for the Idaho Public Safety Communications Commission governing multi-year 911 grant authority and related scoring/application provisions. Sheriff Andy Creech said the rule would provide clearer limits and guidance for grants supporting next-generation 911 and that prior grants would remain valid. Despite his explanation, the committee voted to reject both docket 15-0601-2501 and docket 15-0601-2215, and then adjourned.
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Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
ALC-HIGHWAY COMMISSION REVIEW AND ADVISORY SUBCOMMITTEE Mar 16th, 2026
ALC-HIGHWAY COMMISSION REVIEW AND ADVISORY SUBCOMMITTEE
Transcript Highlights:
- I would imagine the majority of the budgeted dollars that ARDOT spends, whether federal or state, would
- Would you say the majority of the budget goes to regular maintenance or for new projects, new development
- budgetary expenses, the construction dollars that we have, so the projects that we let to contract, we budget
- new projects, we need to make sure folks remember that the majority, overwhelming majority, of the budget
- You know, I say, you know, all of us, we can all, whether it's our personal budget, our business, or
Summary:
The committee heard a presentation from ARDOT Director Jared Wiley, who introduced Highway Commission members and reported that the agency has completed the final five recommendations from its long-running efficiency review. He highlighted new public-facing maintenance and construction dashboards on the agency website, and noted quarterly reports on land conveyances, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding, annual revenue expenditures, and major projects were provided with no major questions or objections.
Members asked about ARDOT’s budget priorities, project delivery, and specific corridors. Wiley said roughly 75% of construction dollars go to maintaining the existing system, with additional maintenance and operations funding also directed to upkeep; he said Arkansas has about 16,300 centerline miles, nearly 40,000 lane miles, and about 73,700 bridges. He gave updates on Interstate 57 and Highway 5 work in Lonoke County, Interstate 49 public meetings in northwest Arkansas, passing-lane projects on Highway 412/62 in north central Arkansas, widening plans for Interstate 40, the Toad Suck Bridge flood mitigation project, and Highway 82 improvements in south Arkansas.
The director also discussed ARDOT’s litter control efforts, saying the agency spends about $8 million annually on litter pickup and is exploring future legislation. He said work-zone safety tools such as cameras and mobile work-zone enforcement are helping reduce dangerous driving, though distracted driving remains a problem. Wiley also announced new agency initiatives on human trafficking awareness training for staff, a “Street Smart” traffic-safety education program for students, and a spring cleanup effort in which ARDOT crews and some office staff will collect litter statewide. No votes were taken, and the meeting adjourned after the presentation and questions.
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
ALC-HIGHWAY COMMISSION REVIEW AND ADVISORY SUBCOMMITTEE Mar 16th, 2026
ALC-HIGHWAY COMMISSION REVIEW AND ADVISORY SUBCOMMITTEE
Transcript Highlights:
- I would imagine the majority of the budgeted dollars that ARDOT spends, whether federal or state, would
- Would you say the majority of the budget goes to regular maintenance or for new projects, new development
- budgetary expenses, the construction dollars that we have, so the projects that we let to contract, we budget
- new projects, we need to make sure folks remember that the majority, overwhelming majority, of the budget
- You know, I say, you know, all of us, we can all, whether it's our personal budget, our business, or
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Seven years ago, Florida had a weak rainy day fund and modest budget reserves.
- Today, working together, we have more than tripled our rainy day fund and more than doubled our budget
- We've since established a dedicated provision within the education budget solely for increasing teacher
- Florida's approach have seen population and business growth and have maintained healthy fiscal and budget
- hemorrhaged population, income, and businesses, and many of them are in the midst of dire fiscal and budget
Summary:
The Florida House and Senate met in joint session to receive the Governor’s annual message. After opening formalities, prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the appointment of a committee to notify the Governor that the Legislature was ready, the chamber recognized special guests and then received Governor Ron DeSantis and First Lady Casey DeSantis.
In his address, the Governor reviewed what he described as seven years of major accomplishments in Florida, emphasizing fiscal restraint, tax relief, economic growth, education reforms, environmental restoration, disaster response, public safety, and immigration enforcement. He highlighted a larger rainy day fund, reduced debt, record job and business growth, universal school choice, higher teacher pay, Hope Florida, Everglades restoration, stronger hurricane response, and tougher laws on crime and illegal immigration. He also warned about property tax burdens, called for a constitutional path to property tax relief, urged informed consent in medical policy, and raised concerns about artificial intelligence.
The Governor pointed to several bills already filed and urged lawmakers to send him legislation eliminating DEI in local government, further discouraging illegal immigration, expanding Second Amendment rights, and blocking the spread of Sharia law. He closed by asking the Legislature to continue advancing his agenda. After the address, the joint session voted to dissolve.
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Transcript Highlights:
- Seven years ago, Florida had a weak rainy-day fund and modest budget reserves.
- Today, working together, we have more than tripled our rainy-day fund and more than doubled our budget
- We've since established a dedicated provision within the education budget solely for increasing teacher
- Florida's approach have seen population and business growth and have maintained healthy fiscal and budget
- hemorrhaged population, income, and businesses, and many of them are in the midst of dire fiscal and budget
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government Oct 8th, 2025
Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
Transcript Highlights:
- As we get into the budget process, we'll invite the partners to come back.
- As we get into the budget process, we'll invite the partners to come back and pitch their budget stuff
- As we get into the budget process, we'll invite the partners to come back and pitch their budget stuff
Summary:
The Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government convened with a quorum present and excused Senators Arrington and Pizzo. The committee first took up confirmation hearings for appointments on tabs 1 through 4, and Senator DiCeglie moved to recommend confirmation of all appointees together. The motion passed unanimously, and the appointees were favorably recommended.
The main presentation was from FWC Chief Conservation Officer George Wharton on invasive species management in Florida. He described the scale of the problem, including more than 500 non-native species reported in the state, and outlined FWC’s prevention, containment, removal, outreach, and research efforts. He highlighted risk screenings, the conditional/prohibited species framework, enforcement actions against illegal wildlife trafficking, and public programs such as the Florida Python Challenge, lionfish outreach, the Exotic Pet Amnesty Program, and the “I’ve Got One” reporting app. He also noted ongoing removal efforts for pythons, tegus, lionfish, and iguanas, and discussed new technologies and partnerships aimed at improving control efforts.
Members asked follow-up questions about FWC issues beyond invasive species, including the status of special activity licenses for threatened species and giant manta rays, the upcoming bear hunt, and whether the committee could help reduce barriers to invasive species removal on federal lands. Wharton said all SAL permits for threatened species are currently suspended pending Commission review, that Florida is on track for a bear hunt this December with 172 permits issued across four subpopulations, and that bear management is based on scientific data while urban bear conflicts still require separate management. He also said federal partners are increasingly cooperative on python control, including commercialization of hides, and that drones, sentinel snakes, robotic lures, and AI-based traps may improve future invasive species removal. Senator Sharief and Senator Burton later requested to be recorded as voting affirmatively on tabs 1 through 4, and the committee then adjourned.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Health committee considers HF1534 4/7/25
Transcript Highlights:
- you know the difference, Market Bucks helps low-income customers who use SNAP stretch their food budgets
- the successful Market Bucks program, which currently helps SNAP recipients stretch their fresh food budgets
- stretch their helps SNAP recipients stretch their fresh<00:03:16.000><c> food</c><00:03:16.319><c> budgets
- </c> fresh food budgets at farmers markets. fresh food budgets at farmers markets.
Summary:
House File 1534, authored by Representative Keeler, was heard and amended with the A1 amendment, which was adopted without objection. The bill would move the Healthy Eating Here at Home/Market Bucks program from the Department of Humanities to the Department of Health and expand the nutrition incentive program from farmers markets to grocery stores, with the goal of helping SNAP recipients afford fresh fruits and vegetables year-round and leveraging federal matching funds.
Representative Keeler said the proposal would better align food insecurity work with health outcomes and support both local consumers and local grocers. The Minnesota Grocers Association testified in support, describing the bill as an expansion of a successful program that would help low-income shoppers and provide added support to retailers, especially small businesses facing rising costs. A testifier, Tamara Walter, also supported the bill as a SNAP recipient and Market Bucks user, saying the program helps her family afford healthier food and that winter access to fresh produce is especially important because of diabetes and celiac disease in her household.
There was no public testimony in opposition and no member discussion. The committee then laid the bill over for possible inclusion in an omnibus bill.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Apr 2nd, 2025
Finance and Taxation Education
Transcript Highlights:
- Next week we will have the budget. I don't... We will have the budget.
- And we'll meet at, you know, 9:30 or 10 to have the budget considered and be in position.
- The committee doesn't have much of a budget.
- The committee doesn't have much of a budget for expenses, but we'll see.
Keywords:
sales tax, local exemption, Consumer Price Index, tax holiday, clothing tax exemption, school supplies, sales tax exemption, baby supplies, baby formula, maternity clothing, menstrual hygiene products, use tax, exemption, tax conformity, tangible personal property, Alabama Department of Revenue, retail tax, consumer use tax, nonresident, religious publications
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture (2-18-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill puts the framework around the economic development money that we dropped in the 2024 budget
- dropped<00:02:27.200><c> in</c><00:02:27.319><c> the</c><00:02:27.519><c> 2024</c><00:02:28.680><c> budget
- /c><00:02:29.680><c> uh</c><00:02:30.200><c> it</c><00:02:30.360><c> just</c> dropped in the 2024 budget
- uh it just dropped in the 2024 budget uh it just sets<00:02:30.760><c> the</c><00:02:30.920><c> parameters
- First of all, I want to say thank you so much for last year, uh, putting in the budget the $5 million
Summary:
The Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture met with a quorum present and opened with the Pledge of Allegiance, led by guest Bob James of Barren County. The chair recognized visiting groups, including the Kentucky Leadership Program and the Kentucky Cattleman’s Leadership Program, before turning to the day’s only agenda item, Senate Bill 28.
The committee adopted a committee substitute for SB 28 by motion and second, with no opposition recorded. The chair explained that the bill creates the framework and parameters for distributing $5 million in economic development funding included in the 2024 budget through the Department of Agriculture.
Commissioner of Agriculture Jonathan Shell testified in support of the bill and described it as enabling legislation to help Kentucky attract more end users, processors, and further-processing operations. He highlighted the importance of existing agricultural processing in the state, especially poultry, citing growth in agricultural cash receipts from $3.1 billion in 1996 to $8.3 billion more recently, with poultry rising from 5% to 25% of the total. He also pointed to major processing facilities, job creation, and the broader impact on farmers and corn markets, including examples from Hopkinsville and other regions.
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Transcript Highlights:
- </c> governor's 2026 capital budget governor's 2026 capital budget recommendations<00:16:02.720><c> for
- So this next slide shows the governor's capital budget recommendation for asset preservation for MDVA
- So this next slide shows the governor's capital budget recommendation for asset preservation for MDVA
- </c><00:45:26.880><c> When</c><00:45:27.119><c> you</c> Army National Guard budget.
- When you Army National Guard budget.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Legislative Oversight & Investigations Committee (6-12-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- Then we will cover the bianial budget.
- And I know, um, the budget director, they'll only allow us to budget up to um 150,000 even though we
- And I know, um, the budget director, they'll only allow us to budget up to um 150,000 even though we
- </c> something, uh is the budgeted census. something, uh is the budgeted census.
- ><c> census</c><01:44:52.560><c> was</c> Now remember that budgeted census was Now remember that budgeted
Keywords:
Call to Order and Roll Call- 00:00:14
Staff Report on the Firefighter Commission Minimum Training Standards and Administrative Spending- 00:02:02
Response from the Kentucky Fire Commission-00:32:06
Judge Testimony on Child Removal-00:42:47
Update on Child Removal and Reunification-01:11:19
Staffing at Kentucky Veteran Centers-01:40:15
Adjournment-02:05:55, 958, all
Summary:
The Legislative Oversight and Investigation Committee met without a quorum, so no votes were taken. Staff presented a study of the Kentucky Fire Commission focused on firefighter minimum training standards and administrative spending. The presentation explained that Kentucky’s training standards are built from NFPA guidelines, that the commission currently requires 115 hours for volunteer firefighters and 300 hours for paid firefighters, and that those reduced hours were adopted by removing electives and other non-NFPA content. Staff also said the commission’s IFSAC certification testing for firefighter 1 and firefighter 2 aligns with NFPA standards, but the commission cannot require local departments to train or certify firefighters. Staff recommended that the commission formally promulgate regulations establishing the reduced training hours and work with KCTCS to better separate administrative costs for certain programs so compliance with the statute can be demonstrated.
The finance portion of the report said the commission is funded by general fund appropriations for State Fire Rescue Training and by an insurance premium surcharge that supports the Firefighter Foundation Program Fund. Staff reported that the commission stayed within the 5% administrative cap tied to the overall surcharge allotment, but could not confirm compliance with a separate 5% cap for specific programs because KCTCS accounting does not break out those costs in enough detail. Staff suggested the General Assembly may want to clarify what counts as administrative cost in statute. Members asked about investment returns, local fire department funding, and whether training documentation is required; staff said some of those topics were outside the study scope and that IFSAC testing relies on chief certification that a candidate is ready to test.
Representatives from the Fire Commission then responded, saying they agreed with the report’s recommendations and would work to clarify the 5% issue with legislators and KCTCS. They explained that the reduction in training hours was intended to remove electives, better align with NFPA standards, and address the difficulty volunteer departments have in getting members to complete lengthy training. Commission officials said training is documented through rosters and annual compliance reviews, and that IFSAC-certified firefighter testing is based on demonstrated skills rather than a required number of training hours. They also said the difficulty in tracking the second 5% cap stems from the way KCTCS’s PeopleSoft system records reimbursements as single transactions, making it hard to isolate administrative costs by program.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Finance Mar 7th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- considering all options to I appreciate the bill sponsor considering all options to help us balance our budget
- troubled by the dismal jobs report that we saw and really building our economy so that as we work on our budget
- I just hope that we continue to really talk about how we balance our budget and a way really talk about
- how we balance our budget in a way that doesn't lose jobs.
Summary:
House Finance met on Saturday, March 7, and reviewed several tax-related Senate bills before taking executive action. SB 6129 concerned cigarette, tobacco, and vapor product taxes; staff described a striker that would lower the new cigarette tax rate, keep separate tax structures for other tobacco and vapor products, direct portions of OTP revenue to the Andy Hill account and foundational public health services, and provide penalty relief and collection stays for certain retailers. SB 6228 would repeal a preferential B&O rate for warehousing/reselling prescription drugs and create a preferential rate for critical access pharmacies; Amendment 174, lowering that rate from 0.25% to 0.138%, was adopted after testimony that the original rate was not enough to support pharmacies serving isolated communities. SB 6231 would remove a tax exemption for replacement equipment at data centers and had no amendments, with members discussing the bill’s impact on budget balancing and economic development, especially for data centers and related construction jobs.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs May 11th, 2026
Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- So you can see that in their budgets when they're going through their budget process. Brian? Sure.
- And then ultimately, yes, it is adopted through our budget process.
- We're trying to adjust our budgets for that as we move into it.
- Here’s what I want to remind people: 70% of city budgets and probably county budgets are public service
- I know that there's waste in every budget, okay?
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